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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Burton To Stage Man Utd Tie At Home

After discussions with the Police and local authorities, Burton will play their FA Cup Third Round tie against Manchester United at their Pirelli Stadium.

Derby County's Pride Park was muted as a venue after the draw was made on safety grounds, but the decision has been made to move the tie to Sunday to avoid clashing with Derby's home match with Burnley.

The FA ruled out switching cup ties on financial grounds three seasons ago after Farnboro moved their game with Arsenal to Highbury. Only a couple of matches have been switched since, with local venues to the home club being used where crowd safety issues have been prominent.